I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

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Quote of the Day “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.”

Hello Thursday!

Are you doing anything special for Valentine’s Day? The HH and I normally don’t do anything for the “holiday” but this year I think it might be fun to do something special on our date day. Do you have any ideas other than going to a restaurant? I’d love to hear them.

Have a great day everyone,

♥ Mavis

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Since I hate crowds, we usually stay in and go out the next day. Service is always better and the atmosphere is much more relaxing! So this year we are planning dinner out on Monday night, and doing date night in the kitchen on Sunday, making sushi at home for the first time! 😀

I like to sneak attack with my Valentines. One year I cut about 50 hearts from paper. Some were written on with love notes, some not, and I taped the hearts to ribbon, and then I taped every single heart to my husband’s car interior roof. 🙂 It was a lot of fun to see him open his car door. I’m trying to think of something good to do this year…